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Blues for a Cure is back CADIZ - MPLX Gathering and Processing presents the Tenth Annual Sean Carney's Blues For A Cure 2021 in Harrison County. This is a free public concert to be held Friday (6pm start) June 25 and Saturday (4pm start) June 26, 2021, at Sally Buffalo Park, 100 College Way, Cadiz, Ohio with a Saturday Fireworks display at dusk. The proceeds benefit WVU Harrison Community Hospital Foundation and the Harrison County Cancer Crusaders. Since inception, this annual charity concert event has raised nearly $225,000 for the local area. Blues For A Cure has raised over $350,000 since Sean Carney started the fund in 2007. This is the first year ever that the event is a two-night concert. Four International Blues Challenge (IBC) Guitar Champions will be featured at this year’s concert. Headlining the event, hailing from Kansas City, is 2008 International
Blues Challenge Guitar Champion Nick Schnebelen and his namesake band. Further rounding out the list of Guitar Champions is Hank Williams Jr.’s touring lead guitarist Bart Walker, who is also lead guitarist for the Desert City Ramblers, 2012 IBC “Best Guitarist” and BFAC regular. Continuing a lineup of guitar champions, 2015 IBC “Best Guitarist”, Noah Wotherspoon; 2006 Guitar Center “King Of The Blues” National Champion Matt O’Ree with the Matt O’Ree Band, and event namesake 2007 IBC Guitar Champion Sean Carney. And if that wasn’t enough guitar slinging talent, also featured will be Scotty Bratcher of the Desert City Ramblers and Scotty Bratcher Band, as well as local favorite and guitar hero Roger Hoard with his Hoard & Jones band. Joining Bart and Scotty from the Desert City Ramblers is drummer
Matt Salvo, so watch out for some Dessert City Ramblers and Hank Williams Jr. tracks to slip into their set list. And by all means, don’t leave early and miss out on the fireworks display that will go off around dusk, right before the Nick Schnebelen Band hits the stage. This Blues For A Cure concert will serve as the CD Release of Blues Cures 12, the twelfth CD in the series of Live Studio Jams with the artists who have been a part of the concerts in the past decade. Among the artists featured on this release are Bart Walker; Sadie, Grace and Molly Johnson; Blue Lunch; Miss Freddy’s Blues Band; Sean Carney and Sam VanFossen and others. The CDs will be available as a free gift for a minimum $10 donation. This event is BYOB. Food, water and soda will be available for purchase from Gary’s Hot Rod BBQ, Martoni’s Pizza and Cadiz American Legion Auxiliary. Bring lawn chairs, sun tents and blankets!
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Friday Event Lineup & Schedule (All Acoustic) 6 – 8 p.m. Sean Carney, Noah Wotherspoon, Nick Schnebelen, Bart Walker 8 – 8:30 p.m. Announcements 8:30 – 10 p.m. Matt & Eryn O’Ree Band Acoustic
Saturday Event Lineup & Schedule 4 – 5:15 p.m. Sean Carney and Noah Wotherspoon 5:15 – 6:30 p.m. Bart Walker, Scotty Bratcher and Matt Salvo 6:45 – 8 p.m. Hoard and Jones Band 8 – 8:30 p.m. Announcements & Live Auction 8:30 – 9:45 p.m. Matt O’Ree Band 9:45/Dusk Fireworks 10 – 11:15 p.m. Nick Schnebelen Band 11:15 – Midnight IBC Jam
HCCIC taking next steps in power plant process By JD LONG
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The Custer Celbration Day brought out "back in time" military guests and a nice crowd for a great day on June 5 at the Memorial and Museum Center in New Rumley. From left, Mrs. Rick Williams ;Rick Williams, Custer enactor; David Rose, CMA president; a member of the cannon firing squad; LeRoy Van Horne, past president and present secretary; Dr. Mandal Haas, cannon owner and doctor in Carrollton; Steve and Linda Ball, entertainment; and Ed Chappdelaine, treasurer. Rose thanked the Scio Gaden Club for flowers laid at the monument. Pictures can be found on Facebook of the CMA.
CADIZ – The Harrison County Community Improvement Corporation (HCCIC) held their first meeting Tuesday since April and just their second since last year. And early on President Dale Arbaugh asked their attorney, Erick Bauer to address some issues they are clearing up regarding the power plant and EmberClear, describing it as a “curative process on some of the title issues that are currently pending on transfer of the property.” Those were words not heard by anyone for quite some time as news of any movement on the planned power plant have been scarce. After the meeting Bauer downplayed the issue stating it was just steps needed to be taken in the process but in actuality, nothing really has changed in the status of the proposed plant. Bauer told the HCCIC board a new issue had risen the prior week regarding forms needed from the secretary of state and attempts at tracking down their statutory agent. He said this was for some “surface leases” where he felt they may not even be valid but “for the sake of dotting all our I’s and crossing all of our T’s we need to get those taken care of, but it
seems to be moving along well.” Bauer then added that the commissioners, upon request of the HCCIC, sent out certified letters, which he said were published. Commissioner Paul Coffland said it was a matter of clearing up “any title issues concerning possible mineral rights.” “We’re doing the statutory processes to abandon…any interest that they have. Once again, some of them may not be valid interests but, the fact we’re going to make sure [we’ve] gotten everything taken care of,” Bauer explained. Harrison County Economic Development Director Nick Homrighausen commended the collaborative efforts of the commissioners and HCCIC involving the curative title process. “That’s just another step forward of cleaning up the title,” he told everyone. “It’s very detailed work and we’re very appreciative…” he said and included the efforts of Jody Hennis and Mary Ellen Haney of the HCCIC office. The fact remains though, that EmberClear has not gone away as they continue to pay the county a fee to lease the interested property on Industrial Park Road. Commissioner Coffland stated this week “the commissioner’s are encouraged and cautiously optimistic.”
Scio Passes Annexation Ordinance By JD LONG
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SCIO – At last Wednesday’s Harrison County Commissioner’s meeting Scio Village Administrator Jason Tubaugh, and an attorney from Baker Dublikar of Canton, set the wheels in motion for the annexation of more than 693 acres of land, which happen to include the Williams Energy plant. The formal petition was handed over to the commissioners where County Prosecutor Lauren Knight will review then hand the papers back over to the commissioners for a final decision.
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This Wednesday, council took another step, which was described as a formality when they passed Ordinance 2021-004. This move is a required step in the process for “setting forth municipal services that will be provided to 693.831…acres of land in North Township…” A public hearing will be scheduled anywhere from 60 to 90 days after the commissioners received the petition, according to James Mathews of Baker Dublikar, which means the clock began at last week’s commissioner’s meeting. “Whereas, a hearing on said petition will be scheduled before the Harrison County, Ohio Board of
Commissioners; and…upon annexation, the parcel proposed for annexation will have uniform access to Village services,” the ordinance reads in part. The ordinance further describes water and sewer responsibilities where it states that the village “currently provides” these services, after annexation they will be done so “without extraterritorial surcharge.” Concerning street maintenance, additional public roadway services are “assumed upon annexation.”
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The Williams plant and former UEO site has been the target of Scio village in hopes of recouping more revenue from the plant. Last week, the village submitted the petition for annexation. On Wednesday, they passed an ordinance dealing with services.
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